Web-savvy business people looking for an edge over their competition know that online, and ever increasingly offline, your web address, your place on the web, is a big part of your company image and a key component of your overall marketing strategy.
As you know a company's brand is one of it's most valuable assets and for companies involved in online marketing and/or e-commerce the brand is in fact the company, the brand defines the company. The tail wags the dog from an offline business point of view.
"The brand and image of a business are vital to its success. Strong brands can generate customer trust, which is particularly important in e-commerce where there are often concerns over privacy and security."
www.businesslink.gov.uk
"I don't believe in the intrinsic value of the URL.", "The days of selling domains are over.", "It's not like real property.". The dinosaurs are speaking out again, don't listen to the dinosaurs, they won't be around much longer. Read what a few of the online industry experts have to say:
"Domain names are no longer just a web address these days. Many profitable companies have been built around their domain name making it the brand and the company. Choosing the right domain should be as important as naming your product."
www.domainsmagazine.com
A domain name is in fact real estate, virtual property, your place on the web, and it's yours for as long as you want it. When you don't want it anymore you can sell it. It's called 'Virtual Real Estate'.
"There's an unlimited number of domain names right? I can just go out and spend $10 registering my own".
Please go right ahead, you'll probably find 'bali-villas-sales.com' (or something similar) available after an hour or so at one of the many domain name registrars around the Net. (Tip - don't spend more than $10 though, or else you're being ripped off.)
After you've found and registered "bali-villas-sales.com", (or whatever else you find), you then need to develop and monetize your online presence. You'll need to spend a few thousand at least on web development, you'll need to develop or integrate your product line, and then you need to stand out amongst the crowd.
You can be as good a business-person as you like, but, online, if you register a 'second-best' domain name you're lost from the start, you'll just look like everyone else and you'll spend a small fortune on every sale that you make. It's like starting a race with a sprained ankle, you're never going to win.
A 'top-level' domain name doesn't have to be short although generally shorter is better. However it MUST be memorable and be very focused on it's industry.
At this stage of e-commerce it should be a "dotcom" domain, all else is second best. "I couldn't get the .com so I bought the dot.whatever instead" just doesn't cut it.
"If you buy the right name, Web users will be able to find your site with ease. If you buy the wrong one, they'll be confused, and you'll lose (sometimes, quite a lot of) traffic, which can of course stunt your site's growth and/or revenue potential."
Article: Buy the Ultimate Domain Name
If you think that the market is good and you have confidence in both the industry, the market, and most importantly in this case the future of the domain name system and aftermarket you should very seriously consider purchasing BaliVillaSales.com.
Good apparently, check the following link for more details.
There's no developed web site, (there are a few concept pages and scripts) but the domain has already been 'semi-developed' as far as the major search engines are concerned. It's been around a year or two and known to the Google Index. Please see the following recent screen-shot from Google Analytics.
From this you can see that www.balivillasales.com already has 'TYPE-IN' traffic from all around the world, already is known to Google, and is already good enough to stand by itself as a "semi-developed" property.
You should also understand from the above that you can do whatever you like with it, and FAST because it's already out of the "Google Sandbox".
As long as you don't try any "black hat" SEO techniques; from the current position of this URL Google and the other major search engines will pick up changes to your site very fast and just as fast will reward you for providing good content to the Web.
This is not a developed and monetized web site but we estimate that the current value of BaliVillaSales.com is in the region of US$5,000. We will seriously consider all serious bids in range of this amount.
For a real world example of the current dollar value of domain names please see this link http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/03/march-2007-domain-auction-recap
"The domain name doesn't add anything to the price unless it is quite exceptional and the buyer thinks he or she can exploit that name to make lots of money."
Dr. Ralph Wilson, Wilson Internet (Talking about selling a developed web site.)
The point is, do you think that you can exploit this domain name to it's full potential and make money from it?
If you're serious about doing business in Bali Real Estate then you need this address. If you are involved in real estate in Bali, or if you wish to become involved, you should seriously consider making an offer on this "virtual real estate".
